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Let us exist responsibly ~ consciously ~ sustainably
Ever wonder why your heating bill creeps up a little more every winter, even though you haven’t changed a thing? Or why some boilers and furnaces last 20 years while others give out after eight? The answer usually comes down to one boring but powerful habit: maintenance. It’s not glamorous. Nobody brags about getting their …
What do you do with forty years of someone’s life packed into one house? An estate cleanout isn’t like a normal move. There’s furniture nobody agreed on, closets full of things that meant something to one person, and a house that somehow needs to be empty by a certain date, whether the family is ready …
We take a lot of rides. Buses, trains, airport taxi pickups, long city-to-city transfers, the occasional full day with a driver while we explore a region. After a few bad nights standing at a taxi rank with a tired meter running, I stopped gambling on whoever was parked outside the terminal. I use established transfer …
Someone sold us on the ladder early. You start at the bottom, climb steadily, and somewhere around 65 (67!) you collect a gold watch and a handshake from a regional manager you have met twice. It was tidy. And for a genuinely staggering number of people, it produced careers that looked fine from the outside …
Lots of us want to live a more sustainable life, but it can feel like a huge task. When you see all the packaging from one week’s shopping or how full your bin gets, it’s easy to think you can’t really make a difference. But that’s not true! You don’t need to completely change your …
A recent visit to the Fashion and Textile Museum in London left me completely captivated by an exhibition of First World War Pincushions I hadn’t even planned to write about. I spent the day with textile artists Harriet Riddell (one of my mentoring clients) and Miesche Schiefer, visiting the museum’s brilliant main exhibition, Paint! Pattern! …
An everyday carry knife is one of those tools that reveals its value gradually. You reach for it more often than you expected. It becomes the solution to small everyday tasks, campsite jobs, and outdoor challenges that are easier to handle when a reliable cutting tool is within reach. For outdoor enthusiasts who spend time …
Eating with the seasons can really change how you think about food. It means picking fruits and vegetables when they’re at their best, a simple yet powerful way to feel more connected to nature’s calendar. Imagine biting into a super-flavourful, sun-ripened summer tomato, or enjoying the comforting warmth of an autumn squash soup. This way …
Some houses are impressive. Some are beautiful. And then there are houses like 575 Wandsworth Road, places so completely shaped by one person’s imagination that they feel less like interiors and more like acts of devotion. Walking through the house of Khadambi Asalache feels a little like stepping inside somebody’s sketchbook. Every surface invites closer …
A great sleeping bag only does its job if you actually check it before you head out, not when you’re already zipped in at a windswept campsite, realiszing something’s off. A few quiet minutes of inspection at home can be the whole difference between a blissful night and a miserable one. That’s doubly true for …
